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27 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I used to think that wabi sabi refers to the natural beauty of worn-out or decaying things. But after reading this book by Beth Kempton, I realised that I have gotten it all wrong. Wabi sabi is a feeling that wells up within you after you experience...
26 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
There’s nothing like reading that makes certain things stick vividly in my mind. Like, I finally remember that the Antarctic and the Arctic refer to the South and North poles respectively. That there are 17 species of penguins in total. 4 such spec...
16 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Yesterday, I bought the four 3-year series to prepare my children for the PSLE. Except that they are not in primary school yet. My elder son will be in Primary 1 next year. Wah so kiasu, I hear you exclaim.1 My WHY is very simple. I want to avoid sp...
15 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
As if cannibalism isn’t enough (e.g. cobra devouring python or king cobra consuming another of its own kind - both of which happened in my sunny island), I have to read about Australian social spiderlings eating their mums. In fact, this freak act of...
15 Feb 2025 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
I struggle with many aspects of parenting, but I look forward to teaching my children all that I know and having them surpass me. Some teachers mayn’t want to teach their own children after a long hard day of work, but not me. In fact, this Christma...
13 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It has been a tiring day at work, but I feel flushed with exhilaration because I think I conceptualise a brilliant lesson plan for my seventh graders. We are studying Subject Verb Agreement, and I leverage my experience from the Japan Exchange Teach...
12 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Many interview preparatory books and articles always advise you to take an introspective look at yourself. They advocate that you prepare stories to tell about your career accomplishments, mistakes to share in the area of personal growth, and aspirat...
9 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Preparing Resources My colleague uses Differentiated Instrucfion to do spelling with her students. Students get different handouts based on their spelling competency. You can see how weaker students get more support because a greater portion of eac...
9 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Not one, but both kids woke up at 9.30am today. This has never happened in their lifetime before! I’m so thrilled with the unexpected windfall, for time is the most precious currency we can have. I watched the latest episode of timelesz on Netflix wh...
8 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The Ministry of Health in my country is organising an essay-writing competition. The organ donation rates could be higher, so it wants to educate young people about how altruistic individuals choose to make a difference in complete strangers’ lives....
